Acquisition Of A Philips Technai 12 TEM, a Philips XL30-TMP ESEM-Oxford E400 EDS, and a Leica Ultramicrotome To Enhance Research and Training In The Life and Physical Sciences

采购飞利浦 Technai 12 TEM、飞利浦 XL30-TMP ESEM-Oxford E400 EDS 和徕卡超薄切片机，以加强生命和物理科学领域的研究和培训

• 批准号: 0116225
• 负责人: John Beneski
• 金额: $ 33.11万
• 依托单位: West Chester University of Pennsylvania
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-09-01 至 2004-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0116225&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Acquisition; Philips; Technai; 12; TEM

A grant has been awarded to Dr. John T. Beneski at West Chester University to purchase a Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) and an Ultramicrotome. The addition of this equipment to the University's Center for Advanced Scientific Imaging (CASI) will (1) significantly increase the research opportunities for their faculty and students, particularly in the sciences; (2) enhance their ability attract new students from the widest diversity of backgrounds (3) enhance their ability to train students in state-of-the-art marketable skills; and (4) provide new opportunities for faculty and students to collaborate with scientists from the local high-tech corridor of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and environmental industries.Research opportunities will be enhanced by providing faculty and students with new tools that can be used to compliment or extend their current research program or to initiate new investigations. The new electron microscope will be used extensively by faculty and students in the Departments of Biology, Geology & Astronomy, and Chemistry to investigate a wide variety of problems including: (1) a taxonomic investigation of bryophytes; (2) nuclear localization of the retinol metabolizing enzyme 9-cis retinol dehydrogenase within cancerous and normal mammary tissue; and (3) visualization of the early events that occur at the gap junctions of insect ovarian follicle cells following viral infection. Each of these projects will involve significant participation by both undergraduate and graduate students. Dr. Beneski will provide opportunities for students to work in the CASI by actively promoting independent student research projects and establishing a credit-bearing internship program. In addition to research and training, the new electron microscope will be used as a recruitment tool for attracting new science majors from both traditional and non-traditional backgrounds. To accomplish this, Dr. Beneski will initiate a series of hands-on demonstrations and tours that showcase the advanced imaging technologies of CASI to potential students that regularly visit the University as part of existing programs targeting area high schools, transfer students, and underserved groups.West Chester University's continued growth in providing state-of-the-art imaging technologies and resources not only serves the immediate and future needs of our faculty and students in the sciences, it also mirrors a growing emphasis on the sciences and technology by the State of Pennsylvania and PA State System of Higher Education. The acquisition of the requested equipment is a critical step in the continued development of Center for Advanced Scientific Imaging as a key resource for research and research training at West Chester University.

西切斯特大学的 John T. Beneski 博士获得了一笔赠款，用于购买透射电子显微镜 (TEM) 和超薄切片机。该大学的高级科学成像中心 (CASI) 添加该设备将 (1) 显着增加教职员工和学生的研究机会，特别是在科学领域； (2) 增强吸引来自不同背景的新生的能力 (3) 增强培养学生最先进的市场技能的能力； (4) 为教师和学生提供与当地制药、生物技术和环境行业高科技走廊的科学家合作的新机会。通过为教师和学生提供新工具，可用于补充或扩展他们当前的研究计划或启动新的调查，将增加研究机会。新的电子显微镜将被生物系、地质与天文学系和化学系的教师和学生广泛使用，以研究各种问题，包括：（1）苔藓植物的分类学研究； (2)视黄醇代谢酶9-顺式视黄醇脱氢酶在癌性和正常乳腺组织内的核定位； (3)病毒感染后昆虫卵泡细胞间隙连接处发生的早期事件的可视化。 每个项目都将涉及本科生和研究生的大量参与。 Beneski博士将通过积极推动学生独立研究项目和建立学分实习计划，为学生提供在CASI工作的机会。除了研究和培训之外，新型电子显微镜还将用作招聘工具，吸引来自传统和非传统背景的新科学专业学生。为了实现这一目标，Beneski 博士将启动一系列实践演示和参观活动，向定期访问大学的潜在学生展示 CASI 的先进成像技术，作为针对地区高中、转学生和服务不足群体的现有计划的一部分。 西切斯特大学在提供最先进的成像技术和资源方面的持续增长不仅满足了我们教职员工和学生在科学领域的当前和未来需求，也反映了日益增长的 宾夕法尼亚州和宾夕法尼亚州高等教育系统对科学和技术的重视。 采购所需设备是高级科学成像中心作为西切斯特大学研究和研究培训的关键资源持续发展的关键一步。